The Last One
Ratings23
Average rating3.8
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Ratings23
Average rating3.8
An unputdownable locked-room thriller about family, trust, and survival
An unputdownable locked-room thriller about family, trust, and survival from the acclaimed author of the “utterly thrilling” (Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author) First Born.
When Caz steps onboard the exclusive cruise liner RMS Atlantica, it’s the start of a vacation of a lifetime with her new love, Pete. On their first night they explore the ship, eat, dance, make friends, but when Caz wakes the next morning, Pete is missing.
And when she walks out into the corridor, all the cabin doors are open. To her horror, she soon realizes that the ship is completely empty. No passengers, no crew, nobody but her. The Atlantica is steaming into the mid-Atlantic and Caz is the only person on board. But that’s just the beginning of the terrifying journey she finds herself trapped on in this white-knuckled mystery.
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This was so good, i loved this!! The last page had my jaw on the floor!!!!!!!
Also I'm never going on a cruise.
This was unfortunately not for me. Boring and I didn't like where it went.
This was the PERFECT book to get me out of a long slump. It was just so different than anything I've ever read, not a formulaic thriller in the slightest. I'm so happy that the synopsis is as vague as it is, because the main big twist was completely unexpected. SO SO happy I did not get spoiled, I would have been so upset. I would have loved this had I known the reality show aspect, it's one of my favorite tropes! It was executed flawlessly. Very much like The Hunger Games/Escape Room. The last twist of the plane I saw coming, and was really like Escape Room. I thought it was super thrilling, I loved the challenges, and there were times when it went super dark. Daniel's “death” was super scary to me, and just the visuals of being alone at sea were terrifying. I loved the pacing of this book. The chapters were incredibly short and most ended on a little twist to keep you reading. I was super tense the whole way through because the wildness never stopped. I read this on kindle and I cannot believe it was nearly 500 pages. So fun, so original, so GOOD!
Caz sets out on vacation, only to find that she has been chosen to participate in a new reality tv show. But this is far outside the bounds of any show that has been done before.
As she sets out, she is initially alone, but she starts to find some others that were left on the ship, and together, they are determined to get off as soon as possible. But things start to go wrong, quickly, and one by one, their numbers dwindle.
Caz is determined to survive, and get off the ship before the game gets any deadlier.
This was a fantastic read, and one that I really enjoyed. The cliffhanger at the end sort of got me (and if you want to know, you need to read the book), but there were a few things that were not quite tied during the book, and I am hoping that another one will address these - but we will see!
